uf(&ytA4& ' Y 7 a I V , Portland !Nro M ' VOL. XI. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1007. NO. 48. An? ma " l ewi fc I i at- t - - - M r? Lamm lfl 1 THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KALISPELL KAUaPt.lL, MOHTAMA D. R. I'KKLKH, Pros , V. J. I.KnEIlT, V. Pres.. 11. E. JVEDSTKU, Cash., W. TJ. LAWSON, A. Cash. Transacts i Reneral nankin builnen. Drafts Issued, available In all cities of thi United States sad hliropo, Hong hong ami Manila, rollectlntis made on favorable terms. NEWS OF THE WEEK LADD &. TILTON, Bankers Portland, Oregon Established In 1859. Transact a Ooncral ltanklnit lluslness. interest allowed on time do posits. Collections made at all points on favorable terms. Lot ton of Credit Issued available In Europe and tho Eastern State, bight Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers sold on New York, Washington, Chicago, Ht Louis, Denver. Omaha, Han Francisco and various points in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and lirltlsh Columbia. Exchange sold on London, Paris, llerlln, Frankfort and Hong Kong. . UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK R. W. BCUMKKR, Cashier of Portland, oheson. J. C. A1NSW0RTH, President. TV. H. AYKIt, Vice-President. A. M. WltluHT. Assistant Cashier. Transacts a general hanking business. Drafts Issued, available In all cities of the United States and Europe, Uong Kong and Manila. Collections made on favorablo terms. . mmMWEMT oammt thmd amo oak armor. THE PENINSULA BANK Capital, fully paid p, $25,000.00. Surplus and undivided profit, $3,000.00. Commenced Business June S, 1905. OFFICERS: J. W. FORDNEY, President; R. T. PLATT, Vlco 1'rcsldcntl C. A. WOOD, Cashier. 0 OARD OF DIRECTORflt 3. W. Fordncy, R. T. Piatt, F. C. Knapp, W. A. Brewer, It. L. Powers, iiios. uociiran, n. ij. noiprnoa. u. a. i la a Condensed Form lor Busy Readers. Oif MOST LIBERAL IN HISTORY. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Resume of the Lett Important but Not Lett Interesting Event of tho Past Week. i. "Oldest Hank In tho Btalo of Washington." DEXTER, HORTOIN & CO. Capital $200,too p A. iIKrF?.93 Surplus and undivided Deposits 1730,000 Ol IVE2,rC0 prollts, im.OOO Accounts of Northwest Paclflc Ranks solicited upon terms which will grant to them the most liberal accomtnodat Inns consistent with tbolr lalanccs and responsibilities. Wm. M, Ladd, President; N. II. Latimer, Managor; M. W. Po'erson, Cashlor. Beat tie, Washington. THB FIRST NATIONAL, I3ANK OP PORT TOWN8BND Established 1883. Collections promptly made and remitted. Of PORTLAND ORUOOIN FIRST NATIONAL BANK Capital SOO,000 flurpiua, ltOOO,OOQ Dpoltse, $13,000,000 FIRST NATIONAL BANK of NorthYmkhnm, Wash, OmmHml mmtl amemlmm $iao,OBO OO UNITE STATES DEPOSITORY CHA8, W.M LADD President CARPENTER Vice President W. L, BTK1NWK0, Cashlor A.R.rMNK Assistant Cashier FIRST NATIONAL BANK W alia Walla, Washington. (First National Dank In the State.) Transacts a General Banking Business. CAPITAL 1100,000. BUHPMJ8 UOO.UUO. LEVI ANKENY. President. A. It. HKVNOLDB. Vlco President A. It, RURFOIID, Cashier THE NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE TAOOMA, WASH, unitco at a TEa mtpatTAitr omHmi aaamjaam aurmhm aaa,mam aAvmaa oepAmmcmr OFFICERS Chester Thorne, Prealdont: Arthur Albertson, Vice President and Cashier) Frederick A. Rice. Anslstant t:ashler; Delbcrt A. Youiik. Assistant Cashier. JNO. C. AINHWORTH. Pros. JNO. a HAKKR, Vice Pre. P. 0. KAUFKMAN, 2d Vice Pres. A. U. PRICllAItl), Cashier. K. P. HASKELL, JR., Assistant Cashier. THE FIDELITY TRUST COMPANY BANK General Banking CAPITAL ANO SURPLUS, $390,000 Safe Depot Vault 'SAVINGS DEPARTMCNTi Interest at the Rate of 3 per cont per Annum, Credited Bcml-Annuallr ' TACOMA, WA8HINQTON ALFRED COOI.IUOE, Pres. A. F. McCLAINE Vice Pres AARON KUHN, Vice Pres. CIIAS. E. SCRIHER, Cashier. 1). C. WOODWARD, Asst. Cashier. THE COLFAX NATIONAL BANK of Oolf ax Wash, OmmHml, tl20,0Q0.00 Transacts a goneral banking business, Spcoinl facilities for handling Knstorn Washington and Idaho Items. Floods In Nebraska havo blocked milway traffic. Castro has caused tho wholesale ar rest of suspected enemies. The British cabinet hns announced the first step towards Irish homo rulo. Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, do fends Smoot's right to a scat in tho sonata. Tho Massachusetts legislature has petitioned congress to revise tho pres ent tariff laws. -Tho Thaw trial hns been postponed on account of tho doath of tho wlfo of ono of tho jorots. Troublo with employes hns caused all papers in Butto and Mnaconda to sus pend and in a statement tho publishers dcularo they will not Issue another pa per until tho mon give in. , Ilormanu's original letters havo been admitted iib ovldcnco in Ills letter book trial. Postponement has also been granted to glvo further tlmo for tho do fonso to propuro for tho admission of these letters. Kuropntkin says ho met defeat at tho hands of tho Jnpancso becauso his gen erals disobeyed orders. Ho makes a ghastly contrast boton Jnpaneso valor and clllcloucy and lussan indifferonco and lncompctonco. Kx-Govurnor Iligglns, of Now York, is dead. VANCOUVER NATIONAL BANK Vancouver, Wash. Leading Financial Institution in Southwestern "Washington UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY CAPITAL, $50,000 SURPLUS, $50,000 ASSETS. $1,000,000 LEVI ANKENY Presidents E.G. CRAWFORD, Vlco President! W. P. CONNAWAY. Cashier niiir.uiima W. P, Crawford, E. 0. Crawford, W. V. MrCredlo Presidents E. 0. CHAWFORD, Vlco President: i-o vl Ankeny, Harry iaiiti coriK'tt, THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Moorahttud, Minnesota CSTABUSMtD 1881 JOHN I.AMn, President DAVID A8KE0AARD, Vice President LEW A. HUNTOON, C'amter ARTHUR H.COSTAIN, Ast. Cashier lntrat Paid on Time Deposits FIRST NATIONAL BANK of East Grand Forks, Minn. Farm Loans Negotiated. Kiro and Cyclono Insuraneo Written. Does a General Hanking liusidoss. Capital, 150,000 E. ARNEbON, l're, 0. It. JACOBI Cashier Par Cent Interact Pnld on Time Dsspowltss TTME FIRST INATIOINAU, BANK OR DUL,irrn, MINNESOTA. CAPITAL, SHOO.OOO SURPLUS 738,000 U. S. Qovernment Depositary. OEORGK PALMER President F.L, MEYERS Cashier OKO. U CLEAVER W. L. UHENII0LT8 Asst. Cashier Asst. Cashier La Qrando National Bank "iglSSS OamJIal amf Smrmlmm, $120,000 DIRECTORS! J. M. Horry, A. B. Conler, F. J. Holmes, F. M. Byrklt, F. L. Mejers, Geo. L Clearer, Geo. Palmer. ,.. The Merchants lNational Bank Of at. Pnul, Mlnnattotu UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY Capitol, 1,000,000.00 Surplus, 000,000.00 Tranaaota a Kemortsl banking busslneMatt. Correapondence Invltod ..PTICERS-KENNETII CLARK, President: GEO. II. PRINCE, Vice President! H. W. PARKER, Cashier; II. VAN VLECK, Assistant t'ashler. ' A new Santo Domingo treaty lias been sent to tho senate. lloosovolt hns a way to settle tho Japanese troublo and will call on con grvea for holp. The BrltlHh pnrllamout Ih open. Tho king's speech fomiliadowa war between loo two houses. Jerotno will attempt to send Tlmw to on insano twylum if ho cacapea convic tion for killing Will to, Fourteen persona woro injured by a frolght train on tho Northern Pacific crushing Into n passongoi train near Seattle. Tho San Francisco unions which struck against tint street car company win win uioir point uirough an arbi tration board. Tho Hermann jury is almost com pleto. Thin la for tho trial of tho rep rctiehtativo for burning letter books while In tho genoml lund ofllco. In twelvo states Lincoln's birthday is a legal holiday and February 12 was appropriately romombertd. The states arot .New York, Colorado. Connecti cut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, iuinncsoia, new Jornoy.jxortli iJnkota, Pennsylvania, Washimrtonlund Wyom ing. Nicaragua Honduras. A revolt against on in Persia. is preparing to invade tho government is Ex-Govornor Iligglns, of Now York, is again fulling in health. Boors aro gradually securing control of tho Trans mil parliament. A Clinton, N. C, grand jury hoe In dicted a number of county officials for ombezzloment. River and Harbor BUI Give Almost All Northwest Asked. Washington, Feb. 15.Never before In the history of rivers and harbors Icc- islutlon has any congress dealt bo liber ally with tho Pacific Northwest as tho present congress will do in the pending river and harbor bill. Not only is tho aggregate appropriation larger than over before, but tho appropriations more nearly nppoximato the estimates of tho engineers. This Is in n very Inrgo measure duo to tho remarkably elllclent work of Kcprcsentativo Jones, of Washington, who is on tho river and harbor committeo as repesontativo of IiH own and nolahbor uir Btntea. Mr. Joint was in a position to do things, anil ins accompHshmcntH epeik for thomsolvcs. Indeed tho houso has been so very liberal that tho senate has nothing left to do, unless it be to ralso a few appropriations that fall bolow tile house figures, and it is doubtful if many such Increases can bo secured, for In cvety instance whero tho house cut tho estimates on Oregon and Wash ington projects it was for some specific and very good reason. In his work in committeo Mi. Jones had tho active support of Senator Ful ton, and tho Oregon senator did every thing that a man not a member of tho committee could do to aid in gottini! liberal recognition for Oregon and Co lumbia rlvor projects. There was ab solute harmony throughout, and tho two men worked together to a common end. Tho effectiveness of Mr. Jones' work is found in tho figures thomsolvcs. The total amount recommended by tho on gineeis for Oregon nnd Washington projects was $5,110,244; tho total ap propriation carried by tho house bill Ih 4,070,1M4, a difference of 440,000. Tho reductions were on tho Celilo ca nal, f 160,000 boing taken from tho amount recommended and givon to tho upper river, for which a now project was rccommontlttl Into In December; on tho Willamette and Columbia rivers below Portland, where fl60,000 was deducted because Portland business mon had nssuied tho committeo that a now taxation district was to bu formed to raise money to aid in tills improve moot; and tho Cascade locks on tho Columbia river, where 1105,000 was recominondod for grading and filling in behind the completed locks, Tho com mittee foil that this work was not urg ent, as tho canal lock is itself com pleted. With these exceptions, the houso bill provides tho amounts recommended by tho engineers, and in tho caso of Co qtilllo river tho committeo appropriates $00,000 when only 40,000 was asked by tho War dopaitmcnt. Tho $00,000 will complete this project, us shown by tho figures of the local engineers, so tho committeo decided to clear up tho wholo matter at one tlmo. The following table gives 'tho various projects and tho amounts appropriated by tho houso bill: Mouth of Columbia river, $2,4n0,. 244; Dalles-Colilo canal, $000,000; rivors, Portland to sea, $300,000; Co lumbia between Celilo and mouth of Snako river, $120,000; TIppor Colum bia, between Wonatcheo and Bridge port, $42,000; Upper Columbia and Snako, $10,000; Coqtiillo river, $00,. 000; Coos river, $3,000; dredgo, Ore gon and Washington coast liarlmts, $100,000; Tillamook bay, $10,000; improvement of Upper Willamette, $00,000; Clutskunic, $500; Cowlitz and Lowis rivers, $50,000; Willapa harbor, $25,000; Gray's harbor, $000, 000; Gray's inner harbor, $177,000; Gray's river, $2,500; Puget sound and tributaries (dredging) $75,000; Luko Washington canal, $10,000; Swino- mish slough, $75,000; Okunogau uutl Pond d'Oroille, $20,000. MAKE SHIPPERS PAY Railroads Will Raise: Mtiey by Raising Rates. CANNOT FIND SALE: Fll BONDS COLLISION DURING BLIZZARD Committees Working on New Tariffs Which Abolish Commodity Rates and Make Advances. Chicago, Fob. 14u Ballroads of tho entire country are preparing to inako general increases in frolght rates which will bring them several hundred mil lions added rovenuo annually. In Chicago conferences aro being hold between tho highest traflle men of both Eastern and Western roads with n view to eliminating hundreds' of mtos which aro known as "commodity rates" and to compel shippers to submit every thing to classification rates, which are substantially higher. Tho preliminary work is boing dono by committees rep resenting both sections of tho count rv and tho real magultudo of tho Increases umi oi mo gcr.orai movo lor more rove nuo will not be known until these com mittees make thoir report, which may not come before Juno. Tito plan for a genoml incrcaso in rates Is duo to the alarm which is felt in Wall street and among tho stock holders and directors of all railroads over tho growing difficulty in securing money with which to make needed im provements, build extensions and pro- viuo equipment ami mantles lor carry ing tho traffic of tho country. It was stated today that more than $1,800,000,000 had been nnnronrlatcd by tho railroads for theso purposes, but; that It is imposslblo to lloat tho securi ties in any of tho markets of tho world. Accordingly tho milway presidents rind tho mon who control tho transportation facilities of tho country havo como to tho conclusion that tho only way to ntiso the necessary money is to Increase tho prlco of what they havo to soil, which is transportation. In soiiio way It is expectodjthut many hundred articles which aro now trans ported on "commodity rates" will bo restored to tho classification, which will operate to Increase tho rates from threo to llfty, and in boiiio cases oven 100 per cent. In connection with the elimina tion of many commodity rates, it is stated that all of tho lines havo agreed that uniform classification would Im) a good thing, us tho shippers, deslro it. Wlion this is finally obtained, it may be found that tho classification rates on many articles havo been Increased. At present fully 75 per cent of tho tonnage of tho country Is curried on "commmodlty rates," which aro very much under tho corresponding clarifi cation rates. All of tho heavy tonnauo. such us flour, grain, Iron, steel, coal, are moved on tho lower rates. Believed 176. Lives Were Lost Many of Them Froze. Block Island, R. I., Feb. 13. A ma rlno disaster with appalling loss of llfo nnd entailing Buffering nlmost boyond tho limit oil human endurance camo to light today, when a life boot of the Joy lino steamer Lurch mon t, bound from Provldonce to Now York, drifted into Block Island harbor. In tho boat were several bodies of men who had died from tho effects of long hours of exposure to a death-dealing temperature. In the boat also woro 11 men whoso suffering was so Intense that they seemed oblivious to tho fact that death was in their midst and tlioy had escaped only by virtuo of thoir ability to withstand tho rigor of zero A-eathcr in an open boat at sea. Tho loat brought a talo of disaster that hits rarely been equaled In Now England waters, and It is believed that, when tho final outcomo is known, ib will be found that not less than 150 lives were lost. Following closely in tho wake of tho Rolitary lifeboat camo bodies, lifeboats and rafts, cast on tho beach by tho angry waves. Owing to tho condition of tho sur vivors It was impossible to get from them an estimate of tho loss of life. From 150 to 175 persons went to their death, nnd at a lato hour tonight it was) believed that tho latter figures aro nearer correct Tho cause of tho accident has not been satisfactorily explained. It oc curred just off Watch 1 1 1 11 about 11 o'clock last night, when tho threo masted schooner Harry Knowlton, bound from South Amboy for Boston with a cargo of coal, crashed into tho steamor's port amidships. Captain McVoy, of tho Larchmont, declares that the Knowlton suddenly swerved from her course, luffed up Into tho wind and crashed Into his vessel. Contain Halov of tho Knowlton asserts that tho steam er did not glvo his vessel sufficient soa room. ORDERS NEW VENIRE. TURN8 DOWN LEASING PLAN. DIRECTORfl-Crawford Llvlnpston, Kenneth Clark, J. II. Skinner, Louis W. Hill, Geo, n. biiwdw. ii.li, rojet, v. Prince. C. Thomas A.Marlow, H, .. w.ibin. r t. i.....h . t v.ii &. (.: W. it, 'arsons, J ,M. ilannaford, Charles P. Nores. Our new plant on Front St.. between Seven teenth and Nineteenth Sti., it the. most modern Engineering Plant on the Pacific Coast Work placed with us will be executed with efficiency and despatch. The break in the Colorado river has beon closed and no water is now going into the Salton Sink. Great Northern and Northren Pacific traffic is still badly crippled between Spokane and tho Sound. Venezuelan otHclala are accused of grafting by an American. Parades has begun his revolution on Castro. The Canadian Paciflo has Just de clared a dividend of 2 per cent for the half year ending last December. The United States Circuit court nt San Francisco has Just Dut an end to another get-rich-nuick concern, the Cumulative Trust Co., of Washington. The Minnesota attorney ceneml has commenced proceedluge to compel 10 railroads in that state to adopt a in duction In fwlght rates ordered by tho omw) uaiiroau commission. Baton Rouge, La., has a case similar to the Thaw shooting. The house committee has a sulwti tute for Roosevelf's plan of leasing coal land. The South Carolina legislature has passed a bill to discontinue the state liquor dispensary. Rustian authorities have arreated a number of girls attending a seminary for complicity in riotous acts. Two Dead, 1,000 Homeless, Pino Bluff, Arkansas, Feb. 15. Not withstanding tho rumors In regard to tho loss of llfo as a result of aflro which last night destroyed 00 cottages and residences, threo hotels, tho Curr memorial church and fully 200 barns and outhouses, entailing a loss of $200, 000, so far as can bo learned only two persona lost uieir lives. Tlioy woro John Springer, a foreman in tho Cotton Holt railroad yard, and a man named Reed, who is said to havo gono into a burning building whilo Intoxicated. Nearly 1,000 pcoplo aro homeless. Finds Huge Spot on Pun. Pittsburg, Fob. 15. Professor John M, Brashear, of tho Alleghany observu tory, announces the discovery of ono of the greatest sunspote ever brought to the attention of astronomers, lie says as a resut electrical disturbances will bo experienced throughout tho count rv tomorrow night. Tho spot can ho seen through smoked glass, but the sci entist adds that It is ono .of the most active of solar spots. Its approximate length is said to bo 150,000 miles and 30,000 miles wide, covering an area of about 3,600,000 square miles. House Committee Proposes a Slight Change in Coal Land Law. Washington, Feb. 14. - A compro mise oftho coal land bill was finally ugrcod upon today by tho Iioubo com mitteo on public lunds and recommend ed for a favoniblo renort. It falls far short of tho program President Rooho volt outlined for tho w it hdmwal of all roal land from entry and tho leasing of such land, instead or selling It, In tho bill agreed upon tho coal land Is rosorved under tho sumo it strict Ions as lund cntorod under laws otlior than coal land laws, with tho oxcoptlon of homesteads, the patents for which aro issued without commutation. To encountgo tho dovolopmcnt of coal land In the Rocky Mountain ntates, the bill largely Increases tho amount of coal land which may bo taken by ono corporation. It provides that an asso ciation of four persons may bo granted patents on 2,600 acres of coal land after having ox ponded $10,000 for Improve- iiienis. i no mil jwrmits an association of four persons to receivo patents for 1,280 acres after $5,000 has been ex pended In Improvements, Jury Panel in Adams Case Exhausted Second Day. Wallace, Idaho, Fob. 13. At tho closo of tho second day of tho trial of Stevo Adams for tho murder of Fred Tyler, 34 talesmen had been examined, exhausting tho punel and tho court had ordered tho summoning of anew venire. Kleven juron remained In tho Jury box: and tho defense still retains tho riuht to four peremptory challenges and tho utato one. When tho court ordered a now vonlro Attorney K. F. Richardson, counsel for thodefonse, made an allldavlt that tho shot Iff Is bluscn, and asked that a spec ial commission bo appointed to summon tho venire. In his allldavlt It is alleg ed, that Angus Sutherland, whoso term r.H sheriff expired lust month, was mado sheriff In 181U) during tho labor troubles by the Mine Owners' association, ami that as sheriff ho cannot servo two con secutive terms. Tho present sheriff. William Ralloy, was nominated with Iho understanding that Sutherland should rtill be In complete control tin ier f no direction of tho corporation hrwtllo to tho Western Federation of Mlnois. A session was hold last night to decide tho point. BOUND FA8T BY RED TAPE. Treaty for Prohibition in Africa. Washington, Feb. 15. Tho senate committee on foreign relations todav authorized a favorable report on a gen eral treaty with tho powers looking to the suppression of Iho liquor trufiic in Concession on Land Order. Washington, Feb. 14. President Roosevolt today told Representative Stevenson, of Minnesota, that ho had made a modification of his susnenslnu order of January 25, relating to entries onpuimc land, which would except from the operations of tho order all homestead proofs on ceded Indian laud where there are deferred payments. The exceptions mado by tho president do not, in the opinion of the represent atives of the Northwest, go fur enough and tltey will continue in their 'ffoil8 to obtain furtlur concessions. Down Timber Ooes to Watte Because Law Forbids 8ale. Washington, Feb. 13. There's money going to waste in Klickitat county owing to departmental methods and red tupo, us woll as to tho fact of thero being no law under which action can bo taken. Last spring a bo vera storm passed through this country, fulling an immenso number of trees, practically all tho timber In two town ships being ruzttd. This UiiiImt is oa tho ground, Is rapidly bluing and un less something is dono by which It can bu utilised it soon will bu worthless for lumhor purposes. There is a salu for this timber, but tho lumber companies uto afraid v to touch it, os tho liomo- steuderH upon whoso lund it Is lying havo not in till ruses commuted their claims and if thoy should aUindon them after soiling tho down timber, tho buyer might bo placed in a vory em hurrasslng position, tight-hour Day for Dispatchers Jefferson, City, Mo., Feb. 14. Tho house today passed the bill applying the elght-hour law to all train dispatch- erMHIIll tsl.ri-nnliftrj u 1... I. II,. 41... Africa by enforcing a prohibitive tariff, running of railroad trains. Travelers Rebel at Food. Leavenworth, Wash., Feb. 13. An other trnlnloud of tMtssongcra arrived horo today, making about 000 stranded at tills plueo. Conditions in tho duy coaches uro terrible Tho rulroad in giving two meals a day, and tho food Is revolting. Passengurs will not pat- ronizo the dining cars unless allowed to order their dinner In pieferouco to tho meal handed them. Tho largo Ice houseat tho dopot was wrecked today, tho roof caving in from tho weight of snow. A Ju)oucso was buried in tho debris and sustained u broken arm. Demurrage Bill Pasted. Piorro, S. I)., Feb. 13. Tho houso today passed tho reciprocal demurrugo bill. Tho hill to prohibit corporations to contribute to camtmlun funds was passed. Another bill approved by tho iiouso pronums "treating" In saloons, All these measures lutve passed the son ate und new go to tho govrrnoi . M Ji n -"ir-iMMaaswiiBfts.Mi -!W --aaaaatcavsr" iW